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andyb12321
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May 09, 2019
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Upgrading SharePoint 2013 to 2019

I understand that in order to upgrade SharePoint 2013, we must upgrade to 2016 first. I have also read that the 2013 database needs upgraded/migrated to a new SQL server in order to properly attach t...
  • Maruthi Gadde's avatar
    May 13, 2019

    andyb12321 

    follow the below steps. 

    1. Take the Backup of the SP2013 Contnet Database

    2. Attach  it to the SP2016 SQL  Server.  Give DbOwner access to the account that you you will use in SP2016 to mount the content Database.  Could be your Farm account.

    3. Run the test-spcontentdatabase to check for any errors

    4. From Sharepoint POwershell  run the Mount-spcontentDatabase . This will upgrade the Content Database to the SP2016 version. 

    5. Test the Site Collection  from the new content Database

    6.  Take a Backup of the Database from the SP2016 Database server

    7. repeat the Step 2,3,4,5,  on the SP2019 Environment

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